TWO years!

Another amazing month of parenting this precious gift. It is so much fun to watch Griffin grow, learn, and change. He is fully verbal now- constantly amazing us with complete thoughts and sentences. And making us laugh with demands, commands, and humor. He makes us laugh daily! We celebrated Griffin's birthday early by going for a train ride at Snoqualmie Falls and at the end of the month we visited the Pumpkin Patch. Enjoy the month in pictures!!

 October 7, 2012 ~ Griff trying his best to feed Mommy!

Not bad...but a little messy!

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 October 9, 2012~ a warm fall day, going for a bike ride to the park. 

  

  

  

 Off-roading! 

 Home for snack-time.

 Thirsty!

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 October 10 and 11th~ babysitting cousin Kenna. 

Just reading a book to myself mom. No big deal. 

 Sharing isn't our favorite activity!

 Coloring!

 The colored pencils didn't last long since he decided to bite off the leads.

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 October 13, 2012~ Stuffed animal slumber party at the Marysville Library.

 Listening to story time.

 Griffin's stuffed pal.

 My favorite part of story-time, he wanted to hold my hand! 

 Camille

 Trina and Ashlynn  

 Eating a cookie...on the table, when we got home. 

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 October 15, 2012~ Why we took the baby gates down!

  

 It's a terrible shot but it looks like they are both smiling:)

Mommy needed a little help with dinner-time tonight...Veggie Tales and a snack to the rescue! 

I love his faces! He really gets into his 'shows'. 

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October 21, 2012~ Helping Grandpa Joe install a new-to-us dishwasher! 

 "I helping!"

 "This is a screw driver!"

"I fix it!"

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 October 28, 2012~ We took donuts to Jessica and Daniel and got to meet Abel!

Snack-time in AC3's nursery 

 Just reading the Nose Book on the way home.

 Look at that hair!

 After nap playtime...

Blowing the whistle 

Off

 On!

So happy:)

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 October 30, 2012~ First bloody lip.

Story-time with Daddy.

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October 31, 2012~ Indoor playtime...the look of surprise!

We didn't plan on a Halloween costume but since he had a fat bloody lip, we decided he should be our prize fighter! 

 Getting Daddy!

 "I punch you!"

 Who's there?

 Handing out candy isn't fun when you don't get to go outside.

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 November 1, 2012~ Look how I found him after bath-time!

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 November 3, 2012~ Such a silly kid! 

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 November 6, 2012~ He's TWO! 

Don't eat the playdoh! It's icky! 

 Making caterpillars! 

Gramee Susie brought a present!!  

 He loves watching himself on video!

  

 Such a happy kid! Brings so much joy to our lives!

 Grandpa Joe and Gramee Kathy brought presents over too!

 No time to get dressed after bath-time!

 A GIANT Thomas puzzle! So much fun!!

 Candle time! He got them both with one try.

  

  

   

  

  Time to say good-night and bye-bye. And it's about time for some clothes!

Halfway!

Baby B2 is halfway here already! Time is flying by. We spent today at the Pumpkin Patch and Griffin mud-puddle stomped! I can't wait for there to be two little Barci kids running around and getting dirty.

I'm not sure if this pregnancy is really much different from Griffin's. I'm already dealing with heartburn, feeling tired, etc. One thing that is different is that I have developed 2nd trimester 'nausea'. I put it in quotes because it's not upset stomach nausea like the 1st trimester- it's more of a gag-reflex nausea where I eat something, brush my teeth, or something along those lines and have to pause, breath, and fight the urge to vomit. No fun.

What is different this time around is my excitement level. I am so so so excited to have another baby that I'm actually enjoying pregnancy. All the discomforts and inconvenient side-effects just don't drag me down like they did with Griffin. I think it's because I know on a deeper experiential level what I "get" out of all this work. And it's SO worth it!

And, this time, I'm BIG much sooner. That seems to be pretty standard so I'm trying not to freak out. And I think Baby B2 might be pointing in- their kicks and movements seem to be more internal and harder for Daddy to feel. Although we can now see and feel from the outside, it's just not as much or as extreme as it was with Griffin. Feeling movement is definitely my favorite part of being pregnant.

We're having no luck coming up with names. Naming Griffin took 39 weeks and we never came up with a girl name. I imagine it will still be awhile before we have a small list.

Griffin isn't really interested in the belly/baby yet but I'm hoping as things progress he'll get to feel his sibling moving. I'm pretty sure he's too young to fully grasp what's going on but I hope he's excited to be a big brother!! I know I am excited for him to be a big brother and to watch him love on his baby....and have them grow into best friends.

Pumpkin Patch 2012

We made it to the pumpkin patch today! We weren't sure if we'd make it this year- we've been busy and the weather has left much to be desired. This afternoon was perfect! Cloudy but warm and MUDDY! 

 This is RIGHT after getting out of the car. First things first, make sure the mud is high quality!

 Nev leading the way to the horses!

 First HORSE ride!!

 He did GREAT and all by himself!

  

  

He wasn't interested in the pumpkins at all- he kept pulling me back towards the mud! 

 "Off-a-camera" Griffin says while pulling me towards the mud. 

 Peek-a-boo

 MUD!

 MUD! 

 This kid is a lot like a large dog- he needs acreage and hours of outdoor time everyday. He had SO much fun running ALL over!

 "Watch this!" He says running full steam ahead. 

  

 Things got even better, he found a good-sized rock to throw in the puddle!

 SPLASH!

 STOMP!

 Can't leave any puddles un-stomped!

 Here I come! 

 That is one DIRTY boy!

 All boy??

Running! 

Corn pit...the stinker throws too much too well. 

It's blurry but you can still see how much fun he's having! 

 Blurry again- but see the size of that dimple? He was laughing so much!

 He got me! 

 We buried Nev!

 

Uh, yeah. We need one of these. I'd totally give up my parking spot in the garage or our guest bedroom to be able to zip him inside something like this for hours at a time! 

 More running...around and around he went. 

 Back in the corn!

 Playing fetch with the doggies!

  

Back to the pumpkins...I told you he's like a large dog that needs lots of room to run! 

 NOW he's interested in the pumpkins!

 "So heavy!"

 "I want this one."

 "Help pease."

Headed for the car- they closed an hour ago! And he's back in the mud puddles.  

  

Mom is one smart lady and brought a change of clothes.
Did I mention those were white socks this morning? 

Our porch now! The four on the ground are from today, the four on the log are from the co-op farm I help at. 

Happy Fall!!